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Preview: Adecco Asvel vs. San Antonio Spurs
Makan Dioumassi
NBA Europe Live's French swing gets underway Thursday when Adecco Asvel hosts the San Antonio Spurs in the Astroballe in Lyon. The French juggernaut is a winner of 16 domestic league les, its last one in 2002. On the other hand, the Spurs, NBA champs in 1999, 2003 and 2005, have been among America's most consistent teams for awhile, reaching the NBA playoffs in 15 of the last 16 seasons. The game represents an interesting head-to-head matchup between two great French point guards, Tony Parker and Aymeric Jeanneau. Parker was slated to be the national team's starting playmaker at the world championships this summer in Japan, but after he broke his finger, Jeanneau stepped into that role and helped the team to a respectable fifth place.
"This is a different situation," Jeanneau said of the NBA Europe Live matchup. "He can do a lot of things on the court, even though I know him well."
The Spurs star brings his NBA teammates to his home country for the first time since they faced the Memphis Grizzlies in Paris for an exhibition game in 2003. Another Spur familiar with the baskets on this side of the Atlantic is former Euroleague finals MVP Manu Ginobili. Ginobili won the 2001 Euroleague le with Kinder Bologna.
Both Parker and Ginobili will get some help from defensive ace Bruce Bowen, who spent parts of three seasons with three French clubs early in his career, swingman Michael Finley and point guard Beno Udrih, who played in the Euroleague with Union Olimpija and Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv, the team the Spurs will face on Sunday.
Asvel has started this season on the right foot, winning its first three games in the French League to move into first place. The club boasts a versatile backcourt featuring Jeanneau, scoring threats Laurent Foirest and Rowan Barrett and multi-talented forward Amara Sy, who will test his one-on-one abilities against Bowen. Additionally, Asvel will welcome former sharpshooter Harold Mrazek back for one game in a guest role. Asvel's chief goals will be making sure of fluid ball movement while setting the game's tempo.
On defense, the "French Celtics" must focus on slowing Spurs star Tim Duncan, one of the best big men in the world. Duncan was the NBA's MVP in 2002 and 2003, and was named to the All-NBA First Team in each of his first eight seasons. He will get plenty of help from clutch forward Robert Horry, as well Fabricio Oberto, a Euroleague veteran who played with Tau Ceramica and Pamesa Valencia, and Francisco Elson, who spent the 2000-01 Euroleague season with Barcelona.
Asvel will turn to center Vincent Masingue and Chevon Troutman against Duncan, with help from small forward Brian Greene. Asvel will need to make full use of its home-court advantage against the Spurs, but the hosts have confidence in their abilities. Top gun Barrett is cautiously optimistic about Asvel's chances.
"I think that this game maybe comes at the right time for us," he said. "We just won three games and facing the Spurs will give us an idea of what our team is worth. It will be a very difficult game, but we have a lot to show."
Adecco ASVEL
Name Position Height Year
Brian Greene Forward 204 1981
Chevy Troutman Forward 201 1981
Amara Sy Forward 202 1981
Rowan Barrett Guard 197 1972
Makan Dioumassi Guard 190 1972
Yohann Sangare Guard 193 1983
Vincent Masingue Forward 204 1976
Aymeric Jeanneau Guard 185 1978
Laurent Foirest Forward 197 1973
Nouha Diakite Center 207 1980
Marko Cakarevic - - -
Coach Yves Baratet
San Antonio Spurs
Name Position Height Year
Brent Barry Guard 6-7 1971
Matt Bonner Forward 6-10 1980
Bruce Bowen Forward 6-7 1971
Jackie Butler Center 6-10 1985
Tim Duncan Center 6-11 1976
Francisco Elson Center 7-0 1976
Michael Finley Forward 6-7 1973
Manu Ginobili Guard 6-6 1977
Robert Horry Forward 6-10 1970
Charles Lee Guard 6-3 1984
Rich Melzer Forward 6-8 1979
Fabricio Oberto Forward 6-10 1975
Tony Parker Guard 6-2 1982
Jared Reiner center 6-11 1982
Melvin Sanders Guard 6-5 1981
Jamar Smith Forward 6-9 1980
Beno Udrih Guard 6-3 1982
Nick Van Exel Guard 6-1 1971
Jacque Vaughn Guard 6-1 1975
Eric Williams Forward 6-8 1972
Coach Gregg Popovich
http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/126...-antonio-spurs
When does this game come on?
You can watch the game live on NBA.com at 3pm ET.
http://www.nba.com/europelive/
The game will be tape delayed and shown on NBATV at 9pm ET.
i am calling in tomorrow.
Kori: do we have to pay for watching the game online?
sorry if it is a stupid question but this is the first time i see nba.com offering sth like this.
Please let me know how it works
I believe it's free for anyone to watch
http://www.nba.com/news/eurowebcast_060928.html
NBA.com to Webcast Spurs vs. Adecco ASVEL Lyon
NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2006 –As part of the NBA’s multi-media approach to NBA Europe Live presented by EA SPORTS™, NBA.com will showcase an exclusive live webcast of the San Antonio Spurs vs. Adecco ASVEL Lyon game at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday, Oct. 5.
NBA TV will televise eight games from NBA Europe Live presented by EA SPORTS™, the NBA’s most extensive international initiative. The network will tip off its coverage with a doubleheader when the Philadelphia 76ers meet FC Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, and the San Antonio Spurs face Adecco ASVEL Lyon in Lyon, France, on Oct. 5. Besides televising eight games, NBA TV also will provide in-depth coverage of the events with reports airing from Barcelona; Cologne, Germany; Moscow and Paris throughout the event.
NBA Europe Live presented by EA SPORTS™ will feature four NBA teams conducting training camps in Europe for the first time and competing against top Euroleague basketball teams in a series of exhibition games in seven cities and five countries. The Spurs will host camp and play games in Lyon and Paris; the 76ers will be in Barcelona; the Phoenix Suns will be in Treviso and Rome; and the Los Angeles Clippers will be in Moscow. The program will culminate with the Suns and 76ers playing exhibition games in Cologne against the Euroleague finalists – CSKA Moscow and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
In addition to NBA TV’s game coverage of NBA Europe Live presented by EA SPORTS™, ESPN2 will air two games live. On Tuesday, Oct. 10, the network will present the 76ers vs. the Suns game in Cologne at 3 p.m. ET (re-air at 8:30 p.m. ET). ESPN2 then will televise the winner of the CSKA Moscow vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv game against the winner of Tuesday’s Sixers vs. Suns game on Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 3 p.m. ET (re-air at 8:30 p.m. ET).
NBA Europe Live presented by EA SPORTS™ also will help tip off the third season of NBA TV’s Real Training Camp, the network’s all-access coverage of NBA training camps. The network will first visit the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets on Tuesday, Oct. 3 at 11 a.m. ET and then go to camp with the Washington Wizards on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 11 a.m. ET.
Throughout NBA Europe Live presented by EA SPORTS™, NBA TV’s Andre Aldridge also will host a special 30-minute edition of the preseason series from Barcelona, Moscow, Paris and Cologne. NBA TV Real Training Camp Europe presented by EA SPORTS™ will feature a recap of the day’s major events, featuring exclusive interviews with players and coaches from Europe, from Oct. 3-6 at 8:30 p.m. ET as well as on Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. ET and Oct. 11 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
NBA TV Real Training Camp once again will give fans an all-access pass to practices, daily workouts, training session, players, coaches and front-office executives as teams prepare for the upcoming NBA season. Aldridge and Rick Kamla will host the series and travel on-site to camps providing daily updates, exclusive player interviews and breaking news.
NBA TV’s NBA Europe Live presented by EA SPORTS™ schedule includes:
Date Time Place Game
Thursday, Oct. 5 3 p.m. ET Barcelona Philadelphia 76ers vs. FC Barcelona
*Thursday, Oct. 5 9 p.m. ET Lyon San Antonio Spurs vs. Adecco ASVEL Lyon (tape delayed)
Friday, Oct. 6 12 p.m. ET Moscow L.A. Clippers vs. BC Khimki
Friday, Oct. 6 3 p.m. ET Rome Phoenix Suns vs. Roma
Saturday, Oct. 7 8 a.m. ET Moscow L.A. Clippers vs. CSKA Moscow
Sunday, Oct. 8 10 a.m. ET Paris San Antonio Spurs vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv
Tuesday, Oct. 10 12 p.m. ET Cologne CSKA Moscow vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv
Wednesday, Oct. 11 12 p.m. ET Cologne CSKA/Maccabi loser vs. Sixers/Suns loser
* NBA.com will webcast the game live at 3 p.m. ET.
I would suspect that the Spurs might lose this game, reason being that they are going up a great Euro team that has been playing together for a while. We are a few practices into the season for this group of Spurs, with a lot of new players plus the old reliables. Will they get the job done? We shall see. After all its only the first game of the start of a long season. Hopefully we will see the Spurs at the end of the season as the last team standing. Peace !!!
Thanks Kori!
Is there a site I can listen to this to?
You can watch it on nba.com.
vbooks?
i thought Horry is not available to play???He will get plenty of help from clutch forward Robert Horry,
does Parker knows Eva is on her way to France to watch his game? i wonder
does Parker knows Eva is on her way to France to watch his game? i wonderYeah, he knows. They said before the team left for France that she (and the other wives) would be meeting the team in Paris.
I think the only wives there from the start were Bowen's and Finley's.
well, I'm happy for them now that Eva desperately wants to patch things up with Tony.
I think the only wives there from the start were Bowen's and Finley's.
I'm not sure if this game will be televised live in the Phils. I hope there's a blog or updates for me to catch the game tomorrow.
good luck Spurs!
The Buzz: Adecco Asvel vs. San Antonio Spurs
http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/127...-antonio-spurs
NBA Europe Live fever has hit France, with posters on nearly every corner of every street in Lyon. The first-of-its-kind tournament, which pits some of the top teams in Europe against some of the best in the NBA, will tip off on Thursday when Adecco Asvel hosts the Spurs at the Astroballe in Lyon, where local fans will have a rooting interest on both sides. Asvel fans are some of the most devoted around, but they also want to catch a glimpse of their native son, San Antonio Spurs playmaker Tony Parker.
"The atmosphere is electric right now, people are talking about the event all over the city, on radio and TV," Asvel swingman Rowan Barrett said. "The whole city is pushing towards the success of the event."
The fact that Asvel leads the French League with a perfect 3-0 record and is coming off a 21-point home win against defending champion Le Mans adds to the excitement. And with several former Euroleague players on the Spurs roster, you can be sure that the visitors won't be taking the "French Celtics" lightly. Between Parker playing in front of a home crowd, swingman Bruce Bowen returning to France after spending parts of three seasons there in the mid-1990s, and big men Fabricio Oberto and Francisco Elson having made their names in Europe, there is no doubt that the Spurs will want to play their best basketball.
"It is always special for me to come back to Europe," said Oberto, an Olympic gold medalist with Argentina. "The level of European basketball has risen a lot in recent years."
The hosts promise to be ready to live up to their end of the bargain. "Everybody is telling us to beat the Spurs," Asvel center Vicent Masingue said. "We have to take it easy and play hard; We have to be ready for a tough game This is a very big thing for our players... The gym will be packed and that can only be good for us and French basketball."
One member of the Spurs who knows well how tough international compe ion can be is Greg Popovich, who was an assistant coach for the United States national team at the last Olympic Games.
"The Europeans and the Euroleague have already proven in international compe ions like Olympics or World Championships that they can play with NBA players," Popovic said on Wednesday. "Again, I think it is tribute to all the coaching that is going on and the high interest in basketball, so it's more fun for everybody."
Indeed, having added so many non-Americans to his team, Popovich may be the last coach who needs to be convinced that European teams can compete during NBA Europe Live.
"We always had confidence in European players," Popovich said. "We just believe that there are very good players and very good coaches all around the world, not only in the United States, and that has been proven over the last five to ten years. We are confident on the work ethic of the European players, their skills and just the basketball knowledge that they show with the fine coaching that they have. Many years ago, there were some good Russians from the Soviet Union, or some good Yugoslavs at that time, way back 15 years ago when I started to come to Europe to start watching players. Now, good players are everywhere: little countries, big countries, places you would never expect, and I think this is great for basketball."
I can't find in the NBA page where is the link to see the matchˇˇˇˇˇ
Can anybody help?
Will the Spurs play an exhibition in France that will allow Mahinini to play against San Antonio?
Don't panic... I have a feeling that they will create a link on this page once the game gets closer.
http://www.nba.com/europelive/
For those interested in San Antonio:
http://www.nba.com/spurs/timeout/20secondto.html
The Spurs will open up their preseason on Thursday against Adecco Asvel of the French "A" league. You can catch the game on Spursradio 1200 WOAI with gameday starting at 1:30 pm.
Yeah I think so too. I think it will also just be linked on the front page of nba.com. Hopefully it's decent quality.
I think when the link gets posted it might be on the right side of the front page of nba.com
I see where it says Europe Live All Access.
I checked but we don't have a quivering-with-excitement emoticon. These are the best I can do:
I'm watching Stern's live press conference right now - there are some minor buffering issues, but overall it looks good.
I'm watching it too .. and I don't even have buffering problems. So hopefully the game quality is the same
Wow, my picture is fantastic.
Whoosh!
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